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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.
People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.
Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that
At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
Not everyone will understand your journey. That's okay. You're here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
I started painting graffiti in the classic New York style of big letters and characters but I was never very good at it.
You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.
I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.
We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.
Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
I'd been painting rats for three years before someone said 'that's clever it's an anagram of art' and I had to pretend I'd known that all along.
I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the word 'art' at all.
T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in - like peace and justice and freedom.
Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity at the same time is ideal.
Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me.
All I know about what people think of my gear is what a couple of my friends tell me, and one of them always wants to borrow money, so I'm not sure how reliable he is.
There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it, and there's no admission fee.
I don't know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.
If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you've made your own sculpture.
You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access.
I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.